NPR Topics: Sports

Female Athletes Suffer Pain For Glory
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Female athletes suffer a higher rate of injuries than males, particularly to their knees. But some people are reluctant to talk about this "injury epidemic" out of fear of jeopardizing Title IX. Warrior Girls author Michael Sokolove discusses injury risk and prevention.
U.S. Swimmers Set Records In Olympic Trials
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:24:00 -0400
The U.S. Olympic swimming trials are going on in Omaha, Neb., where records have already been broken. USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan talks about the events and Michael Phelps, who is midway through his quest to qualify for an astonishing number of events.
Climbers Reclaim World Record On El Capitan
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:01:00 -0400
After three attempts, Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama took back their record for the fasting climbing time up the giant rock. The two had held the record for six years before two German brothers topped their time.

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Serena powers way into fourth final
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:38:26 -0400
LONDON (Reuters) - Twice winner Serena Williams reached the Wimbledon final for the fourth time and third against sister Venus on Thursday with a 6-2 7-6 victory over Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie on Centre Court.
Champion Venus powers into final
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:53:53 -0400
LONDON (Reuters) - Champion Venus Williams powered her way to her seventh Wimbledon final on Thursday with a matter-of-fact 6-1 7-6 victory over Russian Elena Dementieva.
Torres shows younger generation how at U.S. trials
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:00:40 -0400
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Dara Torres grabbed the spotlight from Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps at the U.S. swimming trials on Thursday when the 41-year-old mother launched her bid to qualify for a fifth Olympics in impressive style.

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